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Statistics

Māori Language in Education

Summary

This report provides a snapshot of Māori Language Learning as at 1 July. It reports on 3 levels of Māori language in Education: Māori medium, Māori Language in English medium, and Students not involved in Māori language in education.

Māori Medium

Māori medium includes students who are taught the curriculum in Māori language for at least 51 percent of the time (Māori Language Immersion levels 1-2).

As at 1 July 2012, 16,792 students were involved in Māori medium. This was an increase of 245 students (1.5 percent) since July 2011. Of these students 97.4 percent identified as Māori, and 50 percent (8,358 students) attended a school where all students were enrolled in Māori medium.

As at 1 July 2012, 276 schools offered Māori medium, a decrease of 4 schools since 1 July 2011. Of these 276 schools, 105 had all students in Māori medium, 132 also offered Māori language in English medium, and 93 schools had at least one student not enrolled in Māori language in education.

Number of students in Māori medium by ethnic group and Māori language immersion level (2006-2012)
Immersion Level Ethnicity 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Level 1: 81-100% Māori  12,125 11,878 11,664 11,547 11,638 11,710 11,710
Non-Māori 110 113 110 87 100 108 106
Level 2: 51-80% Māori 5,018 5,163 4,891 4,911 4,352 4,423 4,643
Non-Māori 169 257 266 250 235 306 333
Māori Medium Total   17,422 17,411 16,931 16,795 16,325 16,547 16,792

Māori Language in English Medium    

Māori language in English medium involves students who are learning Te Reo Māori as a language subject, or taught the curriculum in the Māori language for up to 50 percent of the time (Māori Language Immersion levels 3-5).  

The total number of students involved in Māori language in English medium increased by 5 percent (6,589 students) between July 2011 and July 2012 from 134,356 to 140,945 students. Of the 140,495 students 37.4 percent of these identified as Māori, and 49 percent attended a school where all students were enrolled in Māori language in English medium.

As at 1 July 2012, 1034 schools offered Māori language in English medium: an increase of 37 schools since 1 July 2011. Of the 1034 schools, 401 had all students enrolled in Māori language in English medium, 132 also offered Māori medium education, and 555 had at least one student not enrolled in Māori language in education.


Table 2: Number of students in Māori language in English medium by ethnic group and Māori language immersion level (2006-2012)
Immersion Level Ethnic Group 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Level 3:
31-50%		 Māori  4,821 4,600 4,338 4,192 4,372 4,308 4,412
Non-Māori  629 554 457 457 532 499 524
Level 4a:
12-30%		 Māori  4,379 4,342 4,834 4,737 4,516 4,265 3,794
Non-Māori 2,089 1,584 2,173 1,990 1,787 1,375 1,563
Level 4b:
At least 3 hours		 Māori  13,512 13,297 12,968 13,674 13,338 13,196 13,715
Non-Māori  6,363 6,894 6,183 7,454 6,672 6,935 7,530
Level 5:
Less than 3 hours		 Māori  30,583 29,079 29,129 29,559 29,094 29,715 30,734
Non-Māori  78,803 73,368 72,383 72,456 72,409 74,063 78,673
Māori Language in English Medium Total  141,179 133,718 132,465 134,519 132,720 134,356 140,945

No Māori Language in Education

As at 1 July 2012 60 percent of all Māori students and 85 percent of non-Māori were not enrolled in Māori language in education (Māori Immersion levels 1-5). Of the 602,223 students not enrolled in Māori language in education, 56.5 percent (340,332 students) were recorded as learning Taha Māori: Simple words, greetings or songs in Māori.

As at 1 July 2012 1,974 schools had at least 1 student not enrolled in Māori language in education, a decrease of 50 schools since July 2011. Of these schools, 93 offered the option of Māori medium, 555 offered Māori language in English medium, and 70 percent (1,380 schools) had no students involved in Māori language in education at any level.

Table 3: Number of students not enrolled in Māori language in education by ethnic group and Māori language immersion level (2006-2012)
Immersion Level Ethnicity 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Level 6: Taha Māori Māori  49,665 52,636 54,907 60,144 61,885 63,334 63,581
Non-Māori 244,745 255,815 256,807 284,012 282,152 280,087 276,751
No Māori Language Immersion Māori  42,282 43,025 42,694 38,234 40,882 40,860 40,422
Non-Māori  265,468 257,301 254,290 227,155 230,434 227,499 221,469
No Māori Language in Education Total 602,160 608,777 608,698 609,545 615,353 611,780 602,223

Multi-Dimensional Pivot Tables for Māori Language learning

These spreadsheets provide the underlying data for Māori-language learning. You can use the spreadsheets to create your own multi-dimensional pivot tables. (Use of these spreadsheets require MS Excel version 2007 or later).

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Pivot Table - Māori Language in Education - Student Numbers 2004-2012
Microsoft Excel Icon  Māori Language in Education - Student Numbers 2004-2012
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Pivot Table - Māori Language in Education - Number of Schools 2004-2012
Microsoft Excel Icon  Māori Language in Education – Number of Schools 2004-2012 		 [MS Excel 604KB]

One-on-One Dimensional Tables

The chart below provides a number of one-on-one dimensional tables relating to student and school numbers. The tables include a breakdown by student ethnicity (i.e. Māori vs. non-Māori).

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Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Schools by Māori Language Descriptor & School Type 2004-2012
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Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Schools by Māori Language Descriptor & Regional Council 2004-2012
[MS Excel 52KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Schools by Māori Language Descriptor & Territorial Authority 2004-2012
[MS Excel 135KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of schools by Māori Language Descriptor & Kura 2004-2012
[MS Excel 42KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of schools by Kura & Regional Council 2004-2012
[MS Excel 54KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Māori Language Immersion Level & Regional Council 2004-2012
[MS Excel 71KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Māori Language Immersion Level & Territorial Authority 2004-2012
[MS Excel 204KB]
Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Māori Language Immersion Level & Student Year Level 2004-2012
[MS Excel 61KB]


School Data Dimension Notes

Dimension Description
Year Data is presented as at 1 July of each year 2004 through to 2012.
Māori Language Immersion Levels 

Māori Language Learning describes students being taught at different levels of Māori instruction. Each level is defined by the proportion of time the student is taught using Te Reo Māori.

  • Level 1: 81-100%: Curriculum is taught in Māori language for between 20 and up to 25 hours a week.
  • Level 2: 51-80%: Curriculum is taught in Māori language for between 12.5 and up to 20 hours a week.
  • Level 3: 31-50%: Curriculum is taught in Māori language for between 7.5 and up to 12.5 hours a week.
  • Level 4(a): 12-30%: Curriculum is taught in Māori language for between 3 and up to 7.5 hours a week.
  • Level 4(b): >3 hours: Students are learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject for at least 3 hours a week.
  • Level 5: <3 hours: Students are learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject <3 hours a week.
  • Level 6: Taha Māori: Students learn Māori songs, greetings, and simple words
  • No Māori Language Education - Other students in school roll not recorded at any level of Māori language learning.
Māori Language in  Education

Māori Language Immersion Levels can be grouped into 3 different Māori Language in  Education categories:

  • Māori Medium Education: Students are taught all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language for at least 51 percent of the time (Māori Language Immersion Levels 1-2).
  • Māori language in English medium education: is where students are learning Te Reo Māori as a language subject, or taught curriculum subjects in the Māori language for up to 50 percent of the time (Māori Language Immersion  levels 3-5).
  • No Māori Language in Education: Students are either involved in Māori Language Immersion Level 6- Taha Māori (Simple words, greetings or songs in Māori) or not recorded as receiving Māori Language immersion at any level
Māori Language School Descriptor A description of what levels of Māori Language in Education are available at the School:
  • Māori medium school: All Students are involved in Māori Medium Education
  • School with some students in Māori medium education: Some students do Māori medium education and the rest do no Māori language in education.
  • Māori language in English medium school: All Students are involved in Māori language in English medium education.
  • School with some students in Māori language in English medium education: Some students do Māori language in English medium education and the rest do no Māori language in education.
  • Mixed Māori Language in Education School: All Students are either involved in Māori medium education or Māori language in English medium education.
  • School with some students in Māori Language in Education: Some students do Maori medium education, some do Māori language in English medium education and some do no Māori language in education.
  • No Māori Language in Education School: No students do Māori medium education or Māori language in English medium education.
Kura

Māori immersion schools can be set up either through Section 155 (s155) or Section 156 (s156) of the Education Act 1990.

  • S156 allows for state schools with a special character that sets them apart from ordinary state schools. In some of these schools Te Reo Māori is the main language for teaching.
  • S155 of the Act allows for state schools that use Te Reo Māori as the main language for teaching and operate in accordance with the principles of Te Aho Matua.
  • A Kura Teina is an initiative by a community which wants to become a Kura Kaupapa Māori (Kura s155). During the establishment phase the Kura Teina is "attached" to, and mentored by, an established high performing Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Year Level: Year level refers to funding year level (the number of years a student has been in school) - not the current academic year level the student is attending. If a student is resetting year 13, they are counted as year 14
School Name The name of school as recorded in July 2012.
School Definition Additional descriptive information about the school.  For example, Kura Kaupapa Māori, School for pupils with physical disabilities, etc.
School Decile The decile assigned to the school. Students from low socio-economic communities face more barriers to learning than students from high socio-economic communities. Schools that draw their roll from these low socio-economic communities are given greater funding to combat these barriers. The mechanism used to calculate and allocate this additional funding is most often known as school deciles. Schools are assigned a socio-economic score based on five census derived socio-economic factors. The 10 percent of schools with the lowest scores are considered decile 1 schools, the next 10 percent of schools are considered decile 2 schools, etc. 
School Gender The gender of the students that a school caters, for example, Co-ed for both boys and girls or Single sex- Boys for a boy’s only school.
School Sector (School Type)  Schools are grouped (by School Type) into four sectors of schooling education: Primary, Secondary, Composite and Special.
  • Primary includes School Types: Full Primary (Year 1-8), Kura Teina Primary, Contributing (Year 1-6), Intermediate (Year 7-8).
  • Composite includes School Types: Composite (Year 1-15), Restricted Composite (Year 7-10), Correspondence School, Kura Teina Composite.
  • Secondary includes School Types: Secondary (Year 7-15), Secondary (Year 9-15), Teen Parent Unit.
  • Special includes Special Schools.
Authority The ownership of the school.  For example, State, State-Integrated and Private.
School Affiliation This dimension is most commonly represented for state integrated schools. The religious or organisational affiliation of schools, for example, Roman Catholic, Montessori. Only schools that requested an affiliation are included in that affiliation group.
Territorial Authority- Ward/Board The territorial authority area where the school is located. Territorial authority boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand. We have subdivided the Auckland Super city territorial authority into smaller areas, by ward or local board, to give more detailed information of those areas.
MOE local Office The Ministry of education local office district where the school is located.
Regional Council The regional council area where the school is located. Regional council boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand.
Education Region The education region where the school is located. These four administrative regions are created by the Ministry of Education and are aligned with the Ministry’s four regional offices.


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